Social+Studies

5/6/10

By: Shea and Katee 5/6/10 Its a Lion, a Tiger, its Africa! Boom! Boom! A drum bangs as an African tradition begins is the continent that we have been studying lately in Social Studies. First of all, we have mainly been studying the three main regions of Africa. The first region is the Desert. Did you know that the average low temperature for the Desert is 64 degrees F? The second region is the Rainforest. Did you know that there is almost no change in the Rainforest temperature? The third region is Savannas/Grasslands. Did you know that Savannas/ Grasslands have lots of animals including White Rhinoceroses? Next, we learned about average anual rainfall. Rainfall is common in every region except the Desert. We learned about Desert rainfall compared to the rest of Africa. Last is our learning of physical features. We learned about if Colorado has any of the same physical features of Arfica. We also found a lot of Africa's physical features and glued them in the correct places on a map. All in all, Social Studies is a Rainforest full of fun!

Anna and Dylan 4/16/10 African Juinior Geographers This week we learned about Africa's climates and reigons. The reigons are the tropical, the arid, the semi arid, and the mediterrainian reigons. In the Tropical it rains a lot. In the arid climate it so rairly that almost no plants grow. In the semi arid reigon is the savannas. You will find Lions, giraffes, elephants, and cheetahs. The Mediterrainian regon has perfect weather conditions all year round.To sum it up we learned Africa has many reigons.

Ryan and Sophia 3/19/10 Back in the Past Back in the past Molly Brown, Wilma Rudolph, and many other people made their mark in the past. Speaking of Molly Brown she was on the Titanic and survived! She got really mad when the men said "All right! Children and ladies first!" So she protested a lot. She also had fund raisers like the American Red Cross. Also Wilma Rudolph lived in the past too. When she was a child she got Polio. A sickness moves your legs or legs inward so you can't walk. Then later in her life she won 3 gold medals in the Olympics for track. To wrap it up we learned about Molly Brown and Wilma Rudolph so we can learn to never give up and learn how to find info for our biographies in books.

Kate and Zach 2/26/10 The Time Travel Back in the 1850's and the 1860's the gold rush was started. People were living in the easter parrt of the usa where people were happy. There was gold to be found. We learned about this to better under stand our ancesters. Most poor people didn't get gold.

Dylan 2-19-10 Time Warped Colorado If you are looking for Time warped colorado, read this article. We'll time warp back to 0 A.D. to colorados natives the Anasazi and their breathtaking cliff dwellings. You might think they built the dwellings in 0 A.D. but no! They built them 700-900 years ago. Now we will jump a head a couple hundred years to find French and Spanish invading colorado. The French came before the Spanish. They were both looking for land for there country. So they started a fight. The natives thought the land was for all to share. Now we'll go to Zebulon Pikes time. Pike climbed the mountain that is now Pikes Peak. We learn about colorado because we live in colorado.

By Alex and Ryan 1-5-10 S.S. Anasazi Join us as we tour Colorado's three regions. Here we are at Pawnee National Grassland of Colorado. Also know as the plains region. There are more then 190,000 acres of public land here. Now we are at the Rocky Mountains. Also there is the San Juan mountains and mount Elbert ( Colorado's tallest mountain). Now we are at Colorado's Plateaus. Here there is the Grand mesa and the Black Canyon of the Gunnsion where the Gunnison flows. Look over there! It's cliff dwellings! Thats where the Anasazi lived 700 to 900 years ago. Well, you've seen most of Colorado! See you next time!

by:Katelynn Dressel 1/22/10 Social Studies Magic In social studies we are learning about the Anasazi tribe. We learned the tribe makes clothes and food out of a rabbit. They also make ax, knives, and arrowheads. The girls do something else while the boys are out hunting. They make clothes and food. We learend a lot about the tribe. Clearly social studies is magical. Jan15,2010 The Colorado Jurney by: Alex,Parker and Katelynn We are going on a journey to see Colorado regions and surrounddings. First, we learned about the states that touch Colorado. There are Wyoming,Nebraska,Kansas,Oklahma,New Mexico,Arizona and Utah. There are three parts to touch Colorado Platue regions,Moutain regions,and plain regions are journey is over and so is are learning,we will see you next time.

Nov 20, 2009 The Colorado Symbol Museum By:Alex,Dylan, and Logan Symbols there,symbols here,we are entering a new unit in Socail Studies.We made posters about Colorados state symbols (like state insect,song,and fish and our resoresores were [|www.colorado.gov]. Next we got to pick one amazing picture to put on our poster.Then we presented them to the class. The tour is over folks and we will see you next time at http.//brandt-classroom.wikispaces.com.

Social Studies State Symbols By Anna As we travel from geography to Colorado History, we are learning about Colorado state state symbols. A few examples are: the big horned sheep (state animal), lark bunting (state bird), and so on. We will be making posters of the symbol assigned. Everyone will be cutting and pasting and pasting and researching. Well, it's almost time for social studies! See ya around!

11/6/09 The Test of Doom! By:Zachary and Sophia On the 4th we had a practice test. We practice our skills. One question was how many people live in Johannesburg,South Africa? On the 5th we had the real test! We used maps to find places like Denver. Which its coordinates is D5 on the map. If you are on a road trip and you need to go somewhere. You can get the coordinates. You can be a geographer!

10/30/09 Cruz to the s.s.social studies By: Riley and Paker "Class, we are going to learn about scales, grid coordinates, and latitude/longitude", said Mrs. Brandt. Scales are an importan event in reading maps. It tells you how to get to a state/country and how many miles to get there. All you need is a shiney ruler with cintermeter and inches o it. Grid coordinates is a big sky scraper in maps. It tells you how many miles to get there. Latitude/longitude tells if you are 20 degrees south and where you are. That reminds me of tic tac toe. That is the end of the Cruz to the S.S. Social Studies.

Maps Make a difference Written by Olive and Kate When you look at a map you can see keys. Keys can help you understand the different places there are. Maps are a good way to help us follow directions on the road. There are a lot of different types of maps like physical, political, climate, vegetation, and population. Those are ones we are studying. Maps will help us learn how to read signs. That is how a map can make a difference.

October 2, 2009 A Tornado Of Learning By: Anna and Shea A tornado sucked us up it's funnel. Inside there were maps,globes, and even tools to make our own. We cut and pasted the 7 continents on a blue piece of paper. Then a test was sucked in too. We took it confidently. The tornado graded it. Then it dropped us. Well, I guess we won't know our grade until later. Social Studies sure can be a storm of work.

September 25, 2009 Earth Up Close Written by: Ellyse and Gage This week we learned about marshes, swamps, and bogs. Did you know that a peninsula is land that is mostly surrounded by water? Capes are smaller peninsulas. We also learned about an isthmus, which is land that has water on two sides, like the land that connects North America to South America. Next week, we will be cartographers and make our own world maps.

September 18, 2009n Sizzlin' Social Studies Written by: Erin and Ryan In Social Studies we have been learning about land forms such as mountains, volcanoes, and plateaus. Learning about land forms helps us with reading maps and when someone says, "Look - a plateau!", we know what it is! We have also been learning about water forms, such as lakes, rivers, streams, oceans, and seas. This helps us with knowing what kind of water types there are.

September 11, 2009 Social Studies Storm Written by: Ben and Dylan There was a social studies storm all over the room! We have been working on identifying the continents. Did you know that Africa looks like a tornado, and that South America looks like an ice cream cone? Noticing these things will help us remember which continent is which. Now we will be studying land formations. Read next week's issue for the rest of the story!

September 4, 2009 A Storm of Social Studies Written by: Bella and Jayden There has been a storm of learning in Social Studies. We had fun with the 7 continents. We cut them out and glued them to a piece of notebook paper. We found out that they all look like different shapes. This will help us remember which one is which. These are our continent cards. The geography treasure hunt was awesome! We had a blast using our geographer’s tools to help us find answers.

A Hurricane of Learning in Social Studies

Written by: Alex and Quinn

On 8/25/09, we took a pre-test on oceans and continents. We also did Name That Tool, where we had to take a globe, atlas, Geography Terms chart, and a picture or book and decided which one would help us locate the answers to our questions. Social Studies helps us with teamwork because we have to work together to find the answers.